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Our team
Prof. Shambu Prasad is a Professor of Strategic Management and Social Sciences at IRMA. His expertise and research straddle several interdisciplinary fields such as science and technology studies, rural livelihoods, social entrepreneurship and innovations, sustainable agriculture and managing collectives enterprises.
Project Coordinator and Professor, IRMA
Email: shambu@irma.ac.in
Deborah Dutta is a Senior Research Fellow in the Living Farm Incomes project. Deborah Dutta holds a PhD from the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. She is deeply interested in the interplay between educational processes, sustainable practices and socio-technical systems. Her interests include blogging and drawing comics.
Dr. Deborah Dutta
Email: deborah@irma.ac.in
Abhishek Saxena is a Research Associate in the project. He is currently pursuing his FPRM in Rural Management from IRMA. His research interests include Farmer Collectives, FPOs, Co-operatives, Social enterprises, Agri-Business etc.
Abhishek Saxena
Email: f1701@irma.ac.in
Chintan Patel works as a Programme Assistant in the project, and is the go-to person for any work involving administration and accounting processes. He completed his PGD-HRM from Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad (MGLI)
Chintan Patel
Email: chintan@irma.ac.in
Arnab Chakraborty works as a Research Associate in the project. He has completed a Master's in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore He is interested in working at the intersection of ecology, health and livelihoods.